diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 73ff115a1..9556f1cde 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-10-20  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* dll_init.cc (dll_list::alloc): Increase retry count to 1000.
+
 2001-10-20  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* miscfuncs.cc (__check_invalid_read_ptr_errno): New function.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
index 7a38422cc..e5e650fa9 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dll_list::operator[] (const char *name)
   return NULL;
 }
 
-#define RETRIES 100
+#define RETRIES 1000
 
 /* Allocate space for a dll struct contiguous with the just-loaded dll. */
 dll *